Southern Poverty Law Center weaponized hate — and hurt the innocent
Banking And Finance,Systemic Racism,Extremism,SPLC,Justice Department,Race And Racism,Political Violence,Politics,Christianity
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In 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center slapped a target on ordinary parents' backs.
That's when it added Moms for Liberty, Defending Education, and 10 other parents' rights groups to its list of "anti-government extremists" — feeding them directly into the SPLC's widely circulated "Hate Map," alongside neo-Nazi organizations and the Ku Klux Klan.
Those designations deserve another look in light of Tuesday's bombshell Department of Justice announcement...
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